Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Kevin Stoney

The highly acclaimed actor Kevin Stoney has died. Stoney, who was born in 1921, made striking contributions to Doctor Who, playing the villains Mavic Chen in the epic story The Daleks Master Plan (1965-66) and Tobias Vaughan in The Invasion pictured (1968). So impressive was his portrayal of Chen that the Daily Express named the character Villain of the Year.His final contribution to the series came in 1975, when he played Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen. Stoney also appeared in many other well-known series over the years, including I, Claudius, The Tomorrow People, Bergerac, All Creatures Great and Small and Blake's 7, which was created by Terry Nation.

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